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"Now that the Prodigy&amp;apos;s Keith Flint is the top dog\nin electronica, does he ever stop to remember who threw him a bone?\nWhile the importance of trailblazing techno-rockers\nDepeche Mode is certainly reflected in their\nrecord sales -- 35 million albums worldwide in the past 17 years --\nthe band&amp;apos;s artistic prowess is now being celebrated with a tribute\nalbum titled For the Masses, which will be released next\nweek.\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a great honor,&amp;quot; says Martin Gore,\nsongwriter and founding member of Depeche Mode, while in New York\nfor a video shoot. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s about the biggest compliment a band can\nget. Everyone in the band loves it.&amp;quot;\nFor the Masses has been a three-year project for\nco-producer Jeff Turzo, who also plays guitar and\nkeyboards for God Lives Underwater. &amp;quot;We chose\nbands we&amp;apos;d like to see on it,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;We thought it would be\ncool not to have any electronica bands. I mean, it wouldn&amp;apos;t make\nsense to have Camouflage on it,&amp;quot; he jokes about\nthe Depeche Mode imitators.\n\nTo that end, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Cure\nand Veruca Salt are but a few of the names that\nshow up on the tribute. In addition, a rocking version of\nViolator&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Policy Of Truth&amp;quot; is delivered by\nDishwalla. &amp;quot;We wanted to change it around by\nmaking it as heavy as possible and taking it away from the techno\nthing,&amp;quot; says Dishwalla frontman J.R. Richards. &amp;quot;I\nwas a big fan growing up, so I was really into doing the tribute.\nThey&amp;apos;re great songwriters.&amp;quot;\nLos Angeles&amp;apos; Failure also contributes a\nstandout track with the 1990 hit &amp;quot;Enjoy The Silence.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;The Smashing\nPumpkins was an especially big honor, but I really like the Failure\nversion best,&amp;quot; Gore says about the bare bones acoustic track that\nexplodes with effects mid-song.\n\nWith 16 covers total, did Gore find it odd that &amp;quot;People Are\nPeople&amp;quot; didn&amp;apos;t show up on the compilation? &amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s about my least\nfavorite song I&amp;apos;ve ever written,&amp;quot; he says of the &amp;apos;80s mega-hit.\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;d be upset if someone had chosen to record it.&amp;quot;\nDepeche Mode&amp;apos;s The Singles: 86-98 will be released this\nOctober in conjunction with their first U.S. tour in five years."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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